

CLASS OF 1860 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE, i 



''Apparent rari naiites in gurgite vasto." 



^ JUNE, 1882 



H. H. BUJiBANK, Historian 





PORTLAND: 
STKPHKX BKKKY, PltlNTEK. 



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CLASS OF 1860 



BOWDOIN COLLEGE, 



''Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto." 



JUNE, 1882. 



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CLASS OFFICERS. 



N. E. Boyd, President. 

J. H. Thompson, Secretary. 

TWITCHELL, ) 

Thomas, V MatriTnonial Committee. 
Clifford, ) 

J. M. Brown, Portland, Me., Treasurer. 

H. H. BuRBANK, Saco, Me., Asst. Sec'y and Historian. 



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Dear Classmates : — 

At our re-union in 1880, the class voted that a brief record of 
our post-collegiate life be prepared, and, as soon as practicable, be 
printed and distributed. 

To this end, circulars of inquiry were sent out a year ago, and 
after repeated solicitations (in man}'- instances) and long and patient 
waiting, your historian, aided by our faithful Secretary, is able to 
submit his report. 

In 1865, Thompson gathered an almost complete record of the 
class to that date, covering one hundred and seventy-Jive pages of 
manuscript, and in the preparation of this historj^ (if we may thus 
magnif}'^ our work) the writer is much indebted to that manuscript. 

The necessary correspondence and abridgment has been a labor 
of love ; the patience fund is distributed pro rata, and carried to 
your individual account. 

While our present limits have forced us to compress far beyond 
our inclination, yet care has been exercised to glean all material 
facts of general class interest. 

We hope to be pardoned for our rigid economy of space by 
abbreviation and omissions. You will readily supply whatever is 
wanting in geographical statement by adding " Maine," except in 
obvious instances. 

The address of each member, except Farkingtox, is known. 

In the correspondence attending this effort, there is a frequent 
expression of desire and determination to join the class in ^'^^. 
Let us hope these will then bring together every survivor. 



4 INTRODUCTORY. 

Conscious of present imperfection, but with a purpose to sustain 
and intensify class loyalty and preserve class historj^, will the sub- 
scriber cheerfully continue in this field ; to such an attainment, 
however, the co-operation of each and evevy member is essential. 
Will you not give it ? 

As we near the noon-tide of life, let us strengtlien the social 
bonds of the past, so that amid the tints of our western horizon 
there may mingle earlier as well as later jo^^s. 

Yours to the end, 

HORACE II. BURBANK. 
Saco, Me., June 1, 1882. 



RECORD. 



Allen, Amos Lawrence. 

B. Mch. 17, 1837, Waterboro' ; married Esther Maddox, of 
W., Nov. 9, ^60; two boys, one girl; Clerk S. J. Ct., Alfred. 
Meth. ; Rep. ; taught school nine mos. after graduation ; was 
clerk in U. S. Treas. Dept. and in House Reps. P. O. Wn., for 
nearly five yrs. ; was admitted to York County Bar in May, 
'66, and has been Clerk of Cts. for same county since Jan. 1, 
'71, now serving his fourth terra. 

Allen and Bukbank are the Bail Commissioners for the 
county since '73. 

A.'s boys are in Bowdoin, '83 and '85. 

By the way, Messrs. Matrimonial Com., he is entitled to 
the class cup. Wouldn't it be timely to present it at Com- 
mencement in '83 ? 

*Appleton, John Francis. Mr. 

B. Aug. 29, 1835, Bangor; d. at B. Aug. 31, 1870, jet. 35; 
unmarried ; Unitarian. 

After reading law a year, he joined the 12th Me. Regt. as 
Capt. Co. H, Nov. 15, '61; participated in and distinguished 
himself at the siege of Port Hudson as '•' a brave, faithful and 
gallant officer " ; in June, '63, was made Colonel of a necrro 
regt., and was subsequently Bvt. Brig. Gen. ; after the war, 
was admitted to the bar and practiced in Bangor. 



* Deceased. 



b CLASS RECOED. 

He was appointed U. S. Dist. Judge of Texas, but never 
accepted. 

His post-collegiate life is measured by one brief decade, but 
far more enduring is our memory of his manly qualities. Clear 
of head and generous of heart, ambitious and energetic, the 
future spread for him bright prospects, only a partial realiza- 
tion of which is the legacy he has left us. 

Boyd, Nicholas Emery. Mr. 

B. Aug. 13, 1837, Portland; married Kate P. Scott, of 
Flushing, N. Y., Aug. 29, '62; two boys, both deceased; re- 
ligiously, of •' Progressive Friends " ; E-ep. 

"Nick" is now an agent of a San Francisco publishing 
house. He taught six months in '61-2; enlisted in 2oth Me. 
Kegt. Aug. 25, '62, and served as corporal until the regiment 
was mustered out in Jul}"-, '63. Bucknam and Rowe were 
in the same regt. 

In Aug. '63 he went into Portland Custom House, and re- 
mained four j'-ears ; entered Divinity School, at Meadville, 
Pa., and was graduated therefrom in '71 ; studied a year at 
Harvard and then preached in divers places until, in 1876, ill 
health drove him to California. 

These latter 3'ears have been spent in various agricultural 
and literary work, and he cherishes the hope of " getting back 
into harness among tlie world's workers in religious, moral 
and hygienic teaching." 

Boyd, Samuel Stillman. 

B. May 16, 1838, Portland; married Harriet E. Churchill, 
of P., Oct. 5, '63; three girls, three boj's; lawyer, St. Louis; 
Episcopalian; in politics, "Independent." 

He taught school six months, and read law in Portland 
until Feb. '63, being admitted to the bar in Oct. '62 ; he began 
practice in St. L. in Feb. '63, and for two yrs. was solicitor to 
Provost Mar. Gen., Dept. Mo. His professional work is con- 
fined to Patent law. 

He leads the class in the family census. 



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Bradbury, Albert Williams. 

B. Jan. 29, 1840, Calais ; unmarried ; lawyer, San Fran- 
cisco ; Rom. Cath. ; Dem. 

After sojourninf^ Soutli six months, and reading law as 
many more at Eastport, he entered U. S. service, Dec. 18, '61, 
as 1st Lieut. 1st Me. Bat'y, was promoted Capt., Maj., Lt. 
Art. and Bvt. Lieut.-Col. and Chief of Art. ; was once wounded ; 
mustered out July 24, 'd5; was in Maine Militia for five yrs. 
as A. D. C. to Maj. Gen. Chamberlain. 

In June, '81, he writes : " Remember me to my classmates. 
I have strong friendship for manj^ of them, and none but kindly 
feelings toward any. I can cordially say I pray Heaven's 
blessing upon you all. Hope to join j^ou a year later." 

BrowisT, John Marshall. Mr. 

B. Dec. 14, 1838, Portland ; married Alida Carroll, of Wash- 
ington, D. C, Dec. 18, '66', three girls, one boy; banker; 
Epis. ; Repub. 

He read law in P. ; entered the army as 1st Lieut, and 
Adjt. 20th Maine Vols., Sept. 1, '62; in battle at Antietam, 
Shepardstown Ford and Fredericksburg; Apr. 22, '63, was 
appointed Aid to Geu. Avers, and was at Chancellorsville 
and Beverly's Ford ; was Capt. and A. A. G. on Gen. Ames' 
staff, and at Hagerstown and Gettysburg; was commissioned 
Lieut.-Col. 32d Maine, in '64, and was in Virginia campaign 
until wounded at Petersburg, June 14; was discharged for 
wounds Sep. 12 ; Bvt. Col. and Brig. Gen. 

In civil life he has served in Com. Council and School Com. 
of P. ; Comr. from Maine to Inter. Exhib. at Paris, in '67; 
an Overseer of Bowdoin since '6S ; member of Maine Hist. 
Soc'y ; Pres. of Me. Agric. Soc'y in '77, and two yrs. a Trustee 
of same ; has been Div. Inspector and Insp. Gen'l of Maine 
Militia, and is now Colonel of its First Regt. 

Resides in Falmouth, doing business in Portland. 

*Brown, Harlan Page. 

B. Oct. 12, 1839, Bethel ; killed at Antietam Sept. 13, '62, 
jet. 23 ; unmarried. 



» CLASS RECORD. 

He taught school in New Jersey from Sept. 1, '60, to Dec. 
21, '61, \Ylieii lie joined the army as 2(1 Lieut. Ttli Maine Inf. 
and engaged in tlie battles and toils of the ensuing Peninsular 
campaign. 

He was the first of our number to die for his country. He 
fell at historic Antietam while leading his company, the line 
of battle being literally his line of duty. E-espected and 
loved of all, his mourners were many and sincere. 

A true man, a warm friend, a devout Christian, his memory 
still is fresh, and we sadly brush from his tombstone the dust 
of a score of years. 

Jion sihl sed patrid. 

BucKNAM, Alvan Felch. Mr. 

B. ISTov. 27, 1837, Yarmouth ; married Jane Quinby, of 
Monmouth, Ills., June 28, '71 ; two girls ; physician, Warren, 
Ills. ; Pres. ; Bep. 

" Buck " taught in Maine and Texas for about a year ; 
served nine mos. as 2d Lieut, in 25th Maine, and in '64 as 
Asst. Surg. 2d Mass. Cav. 

Bowdoin gave him M. D. in '64. 

He has been " engaged for the past fourteen years in a med- 
ical practice (the largest in the county) which consumes all 
of his time, leaving little or none for recreation. * ^ * 
Within the past year (he writes July 3, '80) I have been ad- 
monished, by some impairment of health, that I am older than 
I was twentj'' ^^ears ago." He cherishes ^'tender recollections 
of the class," and regrets inabilit^^ to join us at present. Has 
been a ^'Director in school matters for many years." 

BuRBANK, Horace Harmon. Mr. 

B. Oct. 27, 1837, Limerick ; married Elizabeth P. Thomp- 
son, of Kennebunk, June 11, '72; two boys, two girls ; lawyer, 
Saco ; Univ. ; Pep. 

He taught in high school and academy for eighteen mos. ; 
read law in L. and at Harvard as many more; was two years 
in the army as private, and Q. M. Sergt. in 27th Maine, and 



CLASS EECORD. \) 

Lieut, and Capt. 32d Me., seven months of which was spent 
in rebel prisons, from which he escaped during Sherman's 
march through the Carolinas. Was admitted to York Bar 
Jan. 13, '64, and practiced in Limerick ten years from Aug. 
'65, meantime holding several town offices ; was a member of 
House of Reps, in ^66 ; Register of Probate for York County 
eight yrs. from Jan. 1, '69 ; County Att'y in '78, filling a 
vacancy ; Judge Advocate on Gov. Connor's staff three yrs., 
with Colonel's commission. In '75, he went to Saco, where 
he has since practiced, serving the city two years as Solicitor. 

Came, Samuel McIntire. Mr. 

B. Jan. 4, 1838, Alfred ; married Clara S. Littlefield, of A., 
N"ov. 22, '71 ; one girl, one boy ; lawyer, Alfred ; Cong. ; 
Dem. 

He taught school about a year, and after reading law at A. 
was admitted to York Bar Sept. 15, '63. He was at Harvard 
■ Law School for next six mos., and in May '64, began practice 
in A., where he has since continued it; was Cashier of Alfred 
Bank until the surrender of its charter, and for fourteen yrs. 
a member of Sup. School Com. 

Gary, George. 

B. Aug. 29, 1837, Houlton ; unmarried ; physician, Houlton ; 

believer in " Natural " religion ; and is a " Modoc " in politics. 

He served in 1st Maine Cav. about two yrs. as 1st Lieut, 
and Capt. ; was graduated at Coll. of Phys. and Surg., N. Y., 
in '66 ; was State Senator from Aroostook County in '69, and 
in '70 was run over, politically, by a railroad. He was Asst. 
Surg, on Gov. Garcelon's staff in '79, with rank of Colonel. 

George postpones tlie date of his marriage until 1890 or 
later ; nevertheless, he may be our next man hit by that saucy- 
looking chap flying everywhere. 

Cash, Eobkrt. 

B. Sept. 30, 1832, Camden, N. Y. ; unmarried. Metallur- 
gist ; San Francisco ; Liberal Prot. ; Rep. 
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10 CLASS RECORD. 

He taught in Maine a few mos. ; sailed for New York Apr. 
14, '61, for Aspinwall Aug. 21, thence to S. F., entering the 
"Golden Gate" Sept. 14; taught at Grass Valley, Cal., until 
summer of '64. E-esigning his chair as Prin. of High School, 
he embarked in the enterprise of extracting gold from the ore 
by modern appliances, and in the prosecution of this work, 
traveled over parts of Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, 
New Mexico, Kansas and California. He has seen the " Big 
Trees," ascended " Pike's Peak," and, as interesting details of 
a long letter attest, has seen the wonders of tlie golden 
country. 

Am sorry, old bo}'", to be compelled thus to condense your 
manuscript. 

* Chaplin, Marshall Dixey. 

B. Oct. 18, 1836, Bridgton ; unmarried ; died in Lewiston, 
Dec. 13, 1869, set. 33; he taught school a year; read law and 
was admitted to the bar in Feb. '64, practicing in Auburn and 
Lewiston, until his tragic death. He was Supt. of Sab. Schools 
and Pres. of Y. M. Chr. Asso'n. 

He lived an exemplary life, and was greatly respected and 
esteemed by his entire acquaintance. A brief sentence in a 
local paper closes the record : " The building in which were 
his office and sleeping room took fire by night, and his charred 
remains revealed his dreadful fate." 

Clifford, Fuller Gove. 

B. Aug. 22, 1832, Edgecomb ; unmarried ; farmer, North 
Edgecomb; "Independent" in religion; "a stalwart" in 
politics. He taught school a year in E. ; served nine mos. as 
private in 28th Maine Inf., and was one of the School Com- 
mittee of E. in '70. 

Being afflicted with partial blindness, he pertinently writes : 
'^ As it is difficult for me to come to the class, it would be a 
great pleasure to have any member of it, any relative of it, o?* 
a?)i/ of its children, come to me, or, in lieu of this, the next 
best thing would be a letter and photograph from any member." 



class record. 11 

* Craig, Waterman Tho's Hewett. 

B. June 7, 1840, Fayette ; died of consumption at Augusta, 
May 27, 'Q2, set. 22 ; unmarried. 

After graduation he went to Virginia, but returned the next 
spring and began the study of law. Death soon claimed him, 
however, its first victim from our ranks. 

A friend 'wvit^s, inter alia : "Throughout his sickness of 
more than a year, he never uttered a murmur or complaint, * 
* * ever maintained that calm, manly deportment charac- 
teristic of him. He often spoke of his classmates with much 
love and kindness, expressing a strong desire to see them all." 

Of kind and cheerful disposition, of truthful heart, of active 
and discerning mind, he was loved and respected by us all. 

* Crowell, William Llewellyn. 

B. Aug. 15, 1835, Gardiner; died in San Francisco, Cal., 
Feb. 11, 1867, set. 31 ; unmarried. 

Leaving college, he taught school and read law for about a 
year; July 22, '61, he sailed for S. F., arriving after a voyage 
of 132 days. In California he led a chequered life as a teacher, 
law-student, correspondent and journalist. 

Li Nov. ^^Q, when the paper was established, he became 
Ass't Editor of the San Fran. " Times," and so remained until 
his death. 

His western associates in their eulogies do but confirm the 
testimony of his eastern friends touching his fine literary 
taste, his high sense of honor, his exemplary character and 
his genial spirit. 

Among the many words of worthy mention, which his early 
death elicited from the press of both shores, the class will fully 
endorse these from the " Times : " " His warm heart, ingenu- 
ous manner, large fund of information, and keen appreciation, 
made him a most pleasant companion, and by his associates 
and friends his death will be most deeply felt." 

His short life gave abundant promise of a useful and honor- 
able career, which the chilling frost of death prematurely 
blighted. 



12 class kecord. 

Davis, Abner Harrison. Mr. 

B. Dec. 13, 1834, Farmington ; m. Dec. 25, '66, Mary Louisa 
Merrill, of Portland, who died Dec. 19, '80, leaving two sons 
and a daughter ; Clerk U. S. Circuit Court, Maine District, 
office, Portland ; Cong. ; Pepub. He was for fifteen years 
engaged in teaching : first, as a Sub-Master in the Boston 
Latin School, and afterward, as Head-Master of the High 
Schools in Salem and Worcester, Mass. In '68 he was ad- 
mitted to the bar; in '75 he became Professor of Latin in 
Bowdoin College ; and in '76 was appointed to the position he 
now holds. 

DowNES, Lemuel Grosvenor. Mr. 

B. Oct. 26, 1839, Calais ; married Augusta H. Wadsworth, 
of Pembroke, June 28, ^66 ; a boy and a girl ; lawyer, Calais ; 
Cong. ; Pep. 

He first read law three mos. and then made a tour through 
Gt. Britain and France ; returning in May, '61, he resumed 
legal study, was admitted to practice in May, '63, and for 
several yrs. was a partner of Hon. Geo. F. Talbot, at Machias, 
with whom he read. 

He was a member of the Exec. Council in '74 and '78, 
Maj^or of Calais in '76, and a delegate to Pepub. Nat'l Con- 
vention in '80 ; has been an overseer in Bowdoin since '79. 

Emery, George Barrett. Mr. 

B. Jane 28, 1838, Gorham ; unmarried; lawyer; Cong.; 
Dem. ; Gorham. 

He read law with the late Judge Pierce, oJ^G., was admitted 
to its practice in April, '63, and began his work in Portland. 
*' The Great Fire" of ^66 drove him to his native heath, 
whereon he now luxuriates in that little of life that surrounds 
the celibate. 

Evans, Simeon Adams. 

B. Apr. 14, 1837^ Fryeburg; Jan. 1, '66, married Louisa 
H. Ilsley, of F., who died Sept. 22, '68 ; he married Susan A. 



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Hill, of Conwa}'-, N. H., June 8, '71 ; four boys, one girl ; 
physician, Conway; "Christian"; Kepub. 

He was on the Scientific Expedition to Labrador and Green- 
land in '60 ; taught school ; studied medicine at Portland and 
Bowdoin Schools, taking his degree at the latter in '65. 
Meanwhile he had served as Hosp. Steward in 13th Maine and 
Asst. Surg, in the 14th Maine Inf. in Louisana, for three yrs. 
ending Jan. '65. 

His professional field has been Hopkinton and Conway, 
N. H. 

Farniiam, Eoscoe Edwin. Mr. 

B. Nov. 19, 1835, Woolwich ; married Mary E. Eeed, of 
Chicago, Dec. 27, '71 ; civil engineer, Chicago ; " Independ- 
ent " ; Bepub. 

Leaving college he taught a year in Indiana and another in 
Illinois ; since Sept. '62 he has been employed as civil engineer, 
nearly all of the time with the Chicago and No. West'n Bail- 
way, in which capacit}^ he now continues. 

Farrington, Setii Chase. Mr. 

B. Dec. 2, 1836, Fryeburg ; unmarried ; after graduation he 
taught school and read law ; Nov. 15, '61, entered the army as 
Capt. in 12th Maine ; was promoted Maj. and Bvt. Lieut.-Col., 
acting on Gen. Beynold's Staff as A. A. G. and Judge Adv. 
Mustered out in '66, he was subsequently a resident civil 
engineer on the Port. & Og. B. B., at Fryeburg. 

About five years ago he went to Chicago, and thence, after 
about a year, to Wisconsin. Nothing later concerning him 
has reached me. 

Frost, Woodbury George. Mr. 

B. May 3, 1838, Brunswick; married Sopliia B. Winslow, 
of Yarmouth, Oct. 11, '65 ; one boy; physician; Danvers, 
Mass. ; Free Bap. ; Bep. ; he taught school seven terms after 
graduation ; served on School Committees ; was A. A. Surg. 
U". S. Navy from June '64, to Nov. '65; received diploma at 



14 CLASS RECORD. 

Bowd. Med. Sch. in '66, and has practiced in Brunswick, 
Portland, Batli and Danvers. 

*G!-ARDiNER, Charles William. Mr. 

B. May 19, 1841, Farmington; died at Cedar Rapids, la., 
of pulmonary consumption, Apr. 12, 1880, aet. 39 ; unmarried ; 
Episcopalian. 

A student of law and mechanics for nine mos., he entered 
3d Maine Vols, in June '61, and served as Sergeant, Lieut., 
Capt. and Major. He participated in the Peninsular and other 
Potomac campaigns to and including battle of Fredericks- 
burg, and later at Port Hudson ; was twice wounded and once 
a prisoner; Engineer-in-Chief at P. H. ; Prov. Mar. at St. 
Bernard ; left the army Nov. 30, '66. He was Clerk in Treas. 
Dept., Wn., for several years ; joined the bar of Illinois in 
'70; twice visited Europe, traversing England, France, Swit- 
zerland and Germany, one of which trips was made to carry 
U. S. securities to London ; and was officially connected with 
several Western railroads, his final work being Gen. Agent of 
Burlington and Cedar Kapids. His brother has kindly fur- 
nished a full sketch of his life, which necessity compels me to 
abbreviate. A Cedar E-apids journal pays him tribute in this 
language : 

" About five years ago his health began to fail, and it was 
soon evident that consumption had claimed him for its victim. 
Although suffering from the terrible disease all the time, not 
until the past twelve months did his case seem hopeless. But 
gradually the fountains of life were dried up, and he fell 
asleep, peacefully, quietly and resigned, glad to be at rest. 
Major Gardiner was a ripe scholar and a great reader, and 
possessed a most retentive memor}^, together with a rare gift 
of expressing his thoughts and reproducing what he had read, 
seen or experienced ; he was a great favorite in social circles, 
and a most pleasant and profitable companion. Genial, warm 
hearted and generous, a gentleman by nature, and honorable 
toward all, he was truly a model man. During his long illness 
he was cheerful to a degree rarely seen ; and when it became 



CLASS RECORD. 15 

apparent that the end must soon come, made every prepara- 
tion for it with as much calmness, care and precision as if 
providing for a journey, and serenely awaited the summons." 

* Hale, David. 

B. Mch. 17, 1837, Bridgton ; married Julia P. Stone, of 
B., Nov. 16, '71; died Dec. 16, '73, in B., set. 36; left no 
child. 

He read law and was admitted to its practice in Dec. '61 ; 
his legal studies and labors were confined to his native town. 
He entered the army Sept. 29, '62, as private in 23d Maine 
Vols., but ill health induced his discharge early in the follow- 
ing Januar}'. 

His habits of study and reading and his retiring disposition 
brought him few acquaintances, yet by these he was fully 
appreciated, and won their respect and esteem. 

* Haley, William Dudley. 

B. June 6, 1837, Bath; died in B. Jan. 6, '80, leaving a 
widow, (Julia Lawrence, of Yarmouth, married June 6, 
'66) a boy and girl; lawyer; Cong. 

He was Lieut, and Quartermaster in 3d Maine regt. for five 
months; was admitted to Sagadahoc Bar Dec. 24, '63; but 
the larger part of his subsequent years was spent in the U. S. 
Revenue and Customs offices in Bath. 

Pulmonary consumption wasted away his early hopes, his 
ambition, his energy, his life, ere the meridian of his career 
was reached, and the briglit promise of his early day failed. 

Harlow, Edwin Alphonso. 

B. Dec. 5, 1833, Mexico; married Eliza A. Pritchard, of 
Oldtown, Aug. 26, '63, who died Aug. 23, '73; married Ellen 
E. Newell, of Cape Elizabeth, Oct. 19, '74; three girls, two 
boys; Cong, clergyman; Ind. Repub. 

lie entered Bangor Theol. Seminary in 1860, and was 
graduated in Aug. '63; he soon went to Kansas, preached 
there about eight yrs., and since in Cape Elizabeth. In '64, 



16 CLASS EECOED. 

during Gen. Price's invasion of Missouri, he served in the 4th 
Kansas Militia. Has been connected with School Board of 
C. E. for five years. 

His eldest daughter is in Wellesley Coll. ^S5. 

* Haskell, William Lewis. 

B. Jan. 7, 1836, Poland ; married Louisa M. Crocker, of Yar- 
mouth, Aug. 30, '61 ; died at Chambersburg, Pa., Oct. 17, '62, 
leaving, beside his widow, a daughter who bears his name — 
Willa L. 

During the year following graduation he taught at Oak 
Grove Sem., Vassalboro', and in August, '61, entered his 
country's service as 1st Lieut, in 7th Maine ; served in the 
Peninsular campaign, sharing the fortunes of the Army of 
the Potomac down to Antietam's fatal day. Here, while act- 
ing Adj't of his regiment, he was shot through both knees, 
which wounds he survived thirty dsLjs. His career as an 
officer was glorious, he being remarkably distinguished for 
gallantry and courage, one testimonial of which was the re- 
ceipt, while on his death-bed, of a Captain's commission dated 
Sept. 17, '62, the date of his wounds. A brave soldier, a true 
friend, a Christian gentleman. 

Hawes, Granville Parker. 

B. July 4, 1838, Corinth ; married Euphemia Avon, of New 
York City, Mch. 15, '70 ; two boys ; lawyer and Judge of 
Marine Court, New York ; Dutch Ref. ; Eep. 

After graduation he was Prof, of Rhet. in Maryland State 
Coll. ; studied law in N. Y. ; entered the army in '62, was 
Lieut. Col. on Gen. Emory's staff ; Commissary of Sub. ; re- 
mained in service until '65 ; was admitted to New York 
practice in '66 ; Pres. of 12th Ward Board of Education four 
years, and in '79 was elected (the only happy Republican) to 
liis present seat — $10,000 a year. 

In 1876, he published " Hawes on Assignments." 



class kecord. 17 

Jones, Augustine. Mr. 

B. Oct. 16, 1835, China ; married Caroline A. Osborn, of 
Dover, IST. H., Oct. 10, '67 ; one boy, one girl ; Providence, 
R. I. ; Friends ; Rep. 

He taught at Foxcroft and Oak Grove Sem., Vassalboro', for 
nearly three years ; read law with Gov. Andrew in Boston and 
at Harvard, receiving his LL. B. in '67; was admitted to 
Suffolk Bar same year and began practice in B., residing in 
Lynn ; was member of Sch. Com. of L. and represented that 
city in General Court in '78. In '79 he was chosen Prin. of 
'' Friends' Boarding School," in Providence, which easy chair 
he now fills with cliaracteristic dignity. 

Kendall, Frederick Augustus. Mr. 

B. Aug. 28, 1838, Concord, K H. ; married Virginia W. 
Hutchinson, of Milford, N. H., Mch. 15, '64; two boys, three 
girls ; Captain U. S. A. and student of law, Cleveland, 0. ; 
Pres. ; Rep. 

He went to South Carolina and Georgia in '60, but taking 
note of the rapidly increasing war-cloud, hastily returned 
North. In May, '61, he enlisted as private in 11th Ind. Vols., 
and in Sept. was commissioned 2d Lieut. 4th N. H., and later 
as Captain, serving in this regt. until Oct. '65 ; became Capt. 
U. S. Heavy Art., and afterward Lieut, and Capt. in the 
regular army ; was Prof. Mil. Science and Tactics in Brooks 
Acad., Cleveland, from '76 to '79; Colonel and A D. C. to 
Gov. Young, of Ohio, in '77, and to Gov. Bishop in '78 and '79. 

Leavitt, Levi Randlett. Mr. 

B. June 5, 1831, Meredith, K H. ; married Mary 0. Gibbs, 
of West Sandwich, Mass., Jan. 13, '77; one girl; Free Bap. ; 
Rep. 

He taught as Principal of High Schools and Academies for 
twelve years succeeding graduation, when failing health forced 
him to abandon this work. Out-door exercise has in a great 
measure restored his health, and his time is now divided in 
canvassing, gardening and fishing ; residence. West Sandwich. 
3 



18 GLASS RECORD. 

LovATT, Benjamin Kingsbury. Mr. 

B. Aug. 27, 1838, Boston, Mass. ; married Harriet J. 
Gardiner, of Lincoln, E/. I., June 5, '73 ; one boy; lawyer; 
Fall Kiver, Mass ; Swed. ; Rep. 

He read law with Hon. Nehemiah Abbott of Belfast (the 
father of our deceased class-mate, Howard Abbott), and at 
Harvard Univ. ; was admitted to Waldo Bar, Jan. 10, '62, 
and began practice at F. H. (where he has since lived) in April 
'66. He was appointed one of the Justices of the Sec. Dist. 
Court, of Bristol County (a court of record of limited jurisdic- 
tion), July 30, '74, which commission holds " during good 
behavior," 

Mayo, Ezekiel Robinson. ^ 

B. Jan. 18, 1834, Hampden ; married Emily 11. Brown, of 
Condersport, N. Y., Nov. 22, '71 ; three boys, two of whom 
died of diphtheria in April, '81 ; lawyer, Eldred, Pa. ; Cong'l ; 
Rep. 

He taught school and read law in Dover, N. H. ; enlisted 
Nov. 2, '61, in 3d Maine Bat'y ; was Lieut, and Capt., and 
mustered out in June, ^65. 

He was admitted to the Courts of Penn. in Jan'\', '77, and 
has since practiced in E. 

My last circular found him in great grief at the death of 
his boys ; his eldest, though attacked, survived. 

*McCoBB, Charles Sullivan. 

B. Feb. 20, 1837, Boothbay ; d. July 3, '63, at Gettysburg, 
je-t. 26, unmarried. 

I Fe taught school until May '61; then joined 3d Maine 
Vols. ; was private, Hosp. Steward and Lieut, successively ; 
ten months of this service, was prisoner at Richmond. 

He was shot through the lungs, and died, a few hours later, a 
heroic death. 

A friend writes : " His comrades bore united testimony to 
his bravery, courtes}', kindness and unvarying good humor; 



CLASS RECORD. 19 

he sleeps in a quiet, beautiful churchyard by the sounding 
sea." 

Metcalf, Joseph Nicholas. 

B. Oct. 27, 1837, Garrettsburg, Ky. ; married Edith L. 
Allen, of Clarksville, Tenn., Oct. 16, '66', four boys, three 
girls; of these seven, only two girls are living; physician, 
Garrettsburg; Bap.; Dera. 

His professional studies were with his father, and at Nash- 
ville, Tenn., and at Univ. of Penn. (Phil'a) ; M. D. in Mch. 
'63. 

June 25, '80, he writes : '- The world has dealt kindly witli 
me. I have enough of this world's goods to render me and 
mine (a wife and bright eyed girl of six summers) comfortable, 
and, after that, in that sweet bj^e and hye * * * I have 
a hope of eternal rest. Fill up for me a goblet of pure cold 
ivater and drink health to all the dear loved classmates." 

Morrill, Charles Edwin. Mr. 

B. May 14, 1841, Westbrook ; married Adelaide Stone, of 
Deering, in '71, who died Feb. 18, '81 ; one bo}'-, one girl dec'd ; 
manufacturer of leather, since graduation, at W., now Deer- 
ing. He was Kep. to Legis. in '76 ; Liberal Prot. ; Dem. 

North, James William. Mr. 

B. Mch. 24, 1838, Gardiner; married Virginia H. Freer, of 
Hartford, N. C, July 17, '65 ; one boy, two girls ; farmer, 
Augusta; Epis. ; Kep. • 

He studied medicine for three yrs. at A. and at Port'd and 
Bowd. Schools; M. D. Aug. '63; was Asst. Surg, in 107th 
U. S. C. T. from Sept. '64, to June '65 ; city physician of 
Gardiner in '65 and of Augusta in '67 and '68 ; practiced in 
those cities and in Hallowell and Jefferson until '75 ; returned 
to A., where he has since worked a dairy farm. Was an Alder- 
man in '79 and '80; Treasurer of Maine Dairymen's Asso'n 
since '74 and its Sec'y since '78, and a Trustee of Ken. Agric. 
Soc'y. 



20 CLASS RECORD. 

*NORTON, WiNTHROP. 

B. Nov. 19, 1838, Industry ; d. Sept. 20, '63, on battle field 
at Chickamauga, uninarried, aet. 25. 

In August, '60, he opened a Iligli School at Sterling, Texas, 
and was there Apr. 15, '61 ; he was next heard from in Sept. 
'62, his brother receiving a letter by flag of truce from " Camp 
Texas," two mis. north of Richmond ; the letter was brief and 
guarded, but contained these significant words : " Thank 
God, I have passed safelj'- through the Peninsular Campaign, 
and I pray that this cruel war will soon end, and that I shall be 
able to return to you alive." His friends believe that he was 
pressed into the rebel service, and was never at heart disloyal 
to his country. In Nov. '63, information came that he was 
wounded and died on the field, " deeply mourned by all who 
knew him." 

This is all we can glean of his Southern work and involun- 
tary military service. 

An unknown grave buried his youthful aspirations and the 
record of those wear}^ years of anguish attending that com- 
pulsory army life. 

Oliver, Augustus Wyman. Mr. 

B. June 11, 1835, Bath; married Caroline F. Burrows, of 
Mayville, N. Y., June 11, '67 ; five boys, one dec'd ; teacher, 
Gilroy, Cal. ; Metb. ; Rep. 

He taught school and read law in Bath until June 1, '61, 
when he went to San Francisco and thence to Nevada ; spent 
a brief time in mining in Humboldt County ; was appointed 
Probate Judge of the county Dec. 1, '61, and resumed legal 
study ; in '67, he returned to California, and has since taught 
school continuously at Napa, San Diego and Gilro}', eight of 
these years at G., where he is Prin. of Pub. Schools. 

I'KNNEY, Charles Fox. Mr. 

B. Ma}' 10, 1832, New Gloucester ; married Angle Lewis, 
of Boothbay, July 20, '62, who died July 15, '81 ; two girls 
(one dec'd), one boy; clergyman, x^ugusta; Free Bap.; Rep. 



CLASS RECORD. 21 

He studied divinity at New Hampton, N. H. for two years 
less six months at teaching, and since Aug. 1, '62, has been 
pastor of the F. B. Church in A. ; has served in the School 
Board six years, as Chaplain of the Insane Asylum fourteen 
yrs., and was Chap, of the Maine Senate in 1880. 

Perkins, Charles Sumner. Mr. 

B. Oct. 25, 1836, Auburn; married Mary S. Murray, of 
Brunswick, Nov. 30, '64; two boys, one girl; Free Baptist 
clergyman, Boston ; Rep. 

He taught school, and studied divinity at Bangor two years ; 
his pastoral labors, dating from Oct. 6, '64, have been in Prov- 
idence, Portland and Boston. 

Phillips, James Liddell. Mr. 

B. Jan. 17, 1840, Balasore, /?ic?my married Mary R. Sayles, 
of Pascoag, R. I., Aug. 10, '64; two boys, three girls (one 
dec'd) ; Missionary, Midnapore, India ; Free Bap. 

He studied theology at New Hampton Sem., N. H., for two 
years ; was graduated in June, '62 ; received a diploma from 
Coll. of Phys. and Surg., N. Y., in Sept. '64; sailed for India 
Dec. 17, reaching Midnapore July 1, '65 ; returned to America 
in Ma}'', '75 ; was honored with D. D. by Bowdoin in '78, and 
in ensuing October sailed for India, where he remains. 

Four of his children are of Indian and one of American 
birth. 

His work has been in the Amer. F. B. Mission in Bengal, 
in divers places and tongues, and he is now Prin. of Bible 
School at M., training native helpers. "Loves his work 
heartily, and enjoys it thoroughly." "Remember rae kindly 
and cordially to all. I'll try to meet you in 1885." 

I'ooR, Walter Stone. 

B. Nov. 23, 1836, Andover; married Ellen E. Hedge, of 
Cambridge, Mass., Mch. 16, '65 ; she died Nov. 2, '66, and he 
married Ella S. Waller, of New York City, Oct. 14, '74 ; one 



22 CLASS RECORD. 

boy, one girl ; lawyer, New York; "worships his home and 
the God of his fathers " ; Rep. 

After June, '60, he joined the Greenland exj)edition ; passed 
the next winter in N. Y. City ; taught a militar}^ school at 
Sing Sing; enlisted in 10th N. Y. Inf. in April, '61; in the 
fall was transferred to N. Y. Mounted Rifles, and was Lieut, 
and Capt. until Mar. '64; was commissioned Lieut. Col. 2d 
No. Car. Union Vols., and from Mar. to Dec. '65, was com- 
manding 14th U. S. Col. Art. He was admitted to New 
York Bar in Dec. '68, where he has since practiced. 

Keed, Thomas Brackett. 

B. Oct. 18, 1839, Portland ; married Susan P. Merrill, of 
P., Feb. 5, '70; one hoy, dec'd, one girl; law3'er, Portland; 
Rep. 

He first taught in Portland High School one year; read 
law; went to California in May '63, was adm. to the Dist. 
Bar and practiced at San Jose ; came home in Mch. '63 ; was 
A. A. Paymaster U. S. N. from April to Nov. '65, serving in 
the Mississippi Squadron; joined Cumberland Bar, and lias 
since practiced in P. He was Rep. to Legis. in '68 and '69; 
Senator from his County in '70; Atty. Gen'l of Maine three 
years, and Solicitor of P. three years. 

In '76 he was elected to the 45th Congress from First Dist. 
and has been twice re-elected; is now Chairman House 
Judiciary Com. 

Robinson, Henry Clay. Mr. 

B. Dec. 21, 1831, Newcastle ; married Jennie A. Stewart, of 
Bristol, Oct. 17, '65; has one boy; Cong'l minister, Pliips- 
burg ; Rep. 

He taught academic and other scliools for about three years, 
and later was an agriculturist and student at law; was adm. 
to Lincoln Co. Bar, in '69; Supervisor of Schools in New- 
castle for seven years; Reg'r of Probate for Lincoln County 
from '75 to '79. 

He was licensed to preach Nov. 4, '79. 



CLASS RECORD. 23 

Hopes "to find his way once more into one of our class 
meetings, and again taste of class spirit (we don't have it 
served, Rob.) and life." 

* PtOWE, Abram Newell. Mr. 

B. Oct. 28, J 837, New Gloucester; married Fannie W. 
Humphrey, of Cumberland, Jan. 14, '64; died Nov. 21, '64, 
at Winchester, Va., of typhoid fever, while in the arm}'' ; 
Cong'l. 

After leaving Bowdoin, he taught school about a year, and 
in Sept. '62, enlisted and served nine mos. as Corp'l in 2oth 
Maine Vols. He re-enlisted Dec. 11, '63; was made 2d Lieut, 
in 30th Maine, and 1st Lieut, in May, '64. 

His frail constitution was an unequal match for the campaign 
life of the Shenandoah Valley, and in less than a year yielded. 

The testimony of his comrades proves that he retained the 
same noble impulses, correct habits and devotion to duty mani- 
fest in his college life. 

His chaplain wrote, "I have lost a Christian officer," and 
another, " Seldom have I known a man whose principles were 
firmer, or whose life more exemplary. To the vices which 
beset the soldier in camp he never yielded, carrying with him 
to the grave a character above reproach. His country and 
comrades have lost a brave officer, whose virtues will long be 
remembered." 

Green be tlie turf above thee, faithful friend. 

Sherzer, Edwin Berger. 

B. Dec. 25, 1834, Annvillo, Pa. ; married Elizabeth K. New- 
man, July 2, '73 ; two bo3^s, one girl ; lawyer, St. Louis ; 
Lutheran; Dem. 

He was Prin. of Wilton Sem., Minn., four months; read 
law until Dec. '61 ; was admitted to the bar and practiced at 
St. Paul a year ; subsequently was Paymaster's clerk in the 
army for two years, and correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. 
In 1866 he joined the St. Louis Bar, where he has since con- 
tinued. 



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Stetson, David Osgood. 

B. Jan. 18, 1837, Durham ; married ; has one son ; lumber 
dealer, Mason, 111. 

He went to Texas shortl}^ after graduation and began teach- 
ing at Marshall. The impending civil war and the consequent 
political atmosphere forced his hasty return northward in May, 
'61. After reading law a few months, he went to sea in Feb. 
'62 5 soon abandoned that, and taught school for eighteen 
mos. He next went to Chicago and entered mercantile life. 
In 18G7, he is found in Mason, engaged in lumber trade, 
where he has since been located. 

Stubbs, Philip Henry. Mr. 

B.Apr. 7, 1838, Strong; married Julia Goff, of Auburn, 
June 2, '68 ; two boys, two girls ; lawyer. Strong ; Cong'l ; 
Bep. 

He taught school six months ; read law in Portland and at 
Harvard, taking his LL. B. in July '63; in August he joined 
his father in practice in S., where he has always lived. 

He was County Att'y for six yrs. ending Dec. '75 ; has held 
various town offices and is now a Director of the Sandy Kiver 
R. R. 

Symonds, Joseph White. Mr. 

B. Sept. 2, 1840, Raymond; unmarried; Judge S. J. Ct., 
Portland ; Unit. ; Rep. 

He was teacher and student of law in P. for four years, and 
there practiced for eight years, during two of which he was 
City Solicitor. 

In Sept. '72, he was appointed Judge of the Superior Court 
of Cumb. County, filling this seat until in Oct. '78, he was 
promoted to the Supreme Bench of the State, where he sits 
with his wonted modesty, dignity and ability. 

'^ Joe *' (no contempt, Judge) is also an Overseer of the 
College, since 1870. 



class record. 25 

Thomas, William Widgery. Mr. 

B. Aug. 26, 1839, Portland; unmarried; lawyer, Portland; 
Cong'l; Rep. ; lie read law in P. until April, '62; then went 
to Constantinople as Vice Consul ; June 22d was appointed 
V. Consul at Galatz, Moldavia ; early in '63 he went to Gothen- 
burg, as Consul, and remained in Sweden nearly three years. 

Returning home, he completed his legal studies at Harvard, 
and was admitted to practice, Aug, 10, ^66, which vocation 
he has since pursued (not uninterruptedly) in his native city. 
In '69, Thomas was one of Comrs. of Pub. Lands of Maine ; 
in '70 Comr. of Immigration, and in Sweden recruited a 
small colony which became New Sweden in Aroostook County. 

He was a member of Maine House of Reps, in '73-4-5, and 
its Speaker in two of these years ; was in the State Senate in 
'79, and a Delegate to the Rep. Nat'l Convention of '80. 

In '69, T. translated from the Swedish, for American pub- 
lication, " The Last Athenian," and has been an occasional 
contributor to standard magazines. 

Thompson, Jacob Hale. Mr. 

B. Apr. 9, 1837, Portsmouth, K H. ; journalist, Kew York 
Cit}' ; Unitarian; Repub; unmarried. '• Jake " became Asst. 
Editor of the "Portsmouth Daily Chronicle " May 13, '61, 
which quill he drove for four years ; he then removed to 
N. Y. City, and in July, '66 joined the editorial staff of "The 
Times," which relation has thus far remained unchanged. 

Nulla dies sine lined. 

TWITCHELL, AdELBERT BuRGE. Mr. 

B. Dec. 14, 1836, Bethel; m. Sept. -30, 1867, Marietta 
Northrop, of Newark, N. J. ; four boys (one dec'd) ; lumber 
merchant, Newark ; Presbyterian ; Repub. 

He was Asst. in N. High School from Sept. 1, '60, to May, 
'61 ; then enlisted in 5th Maine Vols., and was soon appointed 
Q. M. Serg't ; in Dec. '61 he was commissioned 2d Lieut, in 
5th Maine Bat., and during the ensuing summer campaign 
was promoted Sen. 1st Lieut. ; was wounded at Chancellors- 
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26 CLASS KECORD. 

ville in May, '63; subsequently aided in recruiting 7tli Maine 
Bat., and became its Captain ; participated in the Virginia 
campaign of '64-5 to the end, and was made Bvt. Major. 

In Dec. ^65, returning to Newark, he embarked in the lum- 
ber trade, wherein he has continued to this date, meantime 
serving on the Board of Education seven years, and now a 
member. 

His postscript is: "Have never been a Bank Director nor 
Bank Cashier." 

Webster, Francis Willard. 

B. Aug. 26, 1836, Bangor; m. Sept. 5, '65, Juliet B. Eeed, 
of Manitowac, Wis.; one daughter; Treasurer Milwaukee 
Glass M'fg Co., Milwaukee ; a "Friend"; Eep. 

He taught in various seminaries in Maine for two years ; 
joined 18th Maine Vols, in Aug. '62 ; a year later, was ap- 
pointed Captain in 3d U. S. Col. reg't, and served chiefly in 
the Dept. of the South ; was Military Governor of Palatka, 
Fia. and vicinage; left the army Oct. 31, '65; remained in 
Florida until '71 (being Surveyor Gen'l of the State three 
years), and went thence to Wisconsin, where he has since 
resided. 



CLASS RECORD. 27 



EECAPITULATION 



Graduated at Bowdoin's 55th Commencement, 55 
Average age then, 23 y. 3 m. 15 d. 
Born in Maine, 47 ; in N. H., 3 ; and in Mass.,^. York, 

Penn., Ken. and India, each 1, 55 

In Army or Navy, 1861-5, 28 

Magistri in artibus, 30 

Married, 38 ; single, 17, 55 

Deceased — married, 4; single, 8, 12 

Children— boys, 59; girls, 43, 102 

Children deceased, 15 Widowers, 3 

Lawyers, 14 Ministers, .6 

Physicians, 5 Teachers, 3 

Judges, 2 Clerks of Courts, 2 

Civil Engineers, 2 Manufacturers, 2 

Lumber Merchants, 2 Farmers, 2 
and a Congressman, Banker, Journalist, Metallurgist, and 

one in U. S. Army. College Overseers, 3 

Congregationalists, 11 Free Baptists, 5 

Episcopalians, 4 Unitarians, 3 

Presbyterians, 3 " Friends," 3 

Methodists, 2 Liberal or Ind., 8 
and a Universalist, Baptist, Lutheran, Swedenborgian, 

Dutch Reformed and Roman Catholic. 

Republicans, 33 Democrats, 6 

Independent, 1 "Modoc," 1 

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28 CLASS RECORD. 

Resident in Maine, 18 ; in Mass., 4 ; in Cal., 4 ; in K. Y., 3 ; 
in 111., 3; in Wis., 2; in Mo., 2; in K H., R. I., N. J., Penn., 
Ohio, Ken. and India^ each 1. 

Teachers at some time since graduation, 36. 

Average weight of members reported, 160 lbs. 

To summarize further, the class has given to the public eleven 
Supervisors or Directors of Schools, three College Professors, a 
Doctor of Divinity, two Authors, six State Legislators, an Execu- 
tive Councillor, a Speaker of House Reps. (State), a Military Gov- 
ernor, an Attorney Gen'l, a Surveyor Gen'i, four Governor's Aids, 
one Judge and two Registers of Probate Cts., two County Attor- 
neys, a Consul, a Mayor, an Alderman, a Railroad Director, a Bank 
Cashier (not in New Jersey, however), many town officials, and 
four politicians, (D. H. R. and T.) 



MEMORANDA. 



Remember to apprise me of any change of your residence, voca- 
cation, family record, and such other data as this report may sug- 
gest. 

Remember, too, our annual class dinner on the evening of Com- 
mencement day, and that our next will be in Portland. Please 
report, by seasonable letter, whether or not you intend to be 
present. H. H. B. 



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